Dry skin around eyes can affect its texture and appearance. From flakiness to dry patches to dullness, a dry or compromised skin barrier can make lines and wrinkles look deeper, as well as affect the way eye makeup, like concealer, behaves on the skin. Learn how to introduce essential moisture to the delicate eye area with eye care solutions from the experts at Lancôme.
The Importance of Under Eye Hydration
The skin around the eyes is unique. In comparison to, say, your forehead or cheeks, the skin around the eye area is thinner than the rest of the face, making it more susceptible to dry skin around eyes, dullness, and fine lines.1 The delicate skin around the eye is one of first places where visible signs of aging become apparent and is also a leading cause behind dark circles.2
Dryness on any area of the body (but especially under eyes) may contribute to a dull looking complexion, rough, uneven texture (such as dry patches) and fine lines3 so moisturizing for under eye hydration is an important to step in your skincare routine. A good under eye cream or serum can help to lock moisture into the skin giving the area a plump look and mask fine lines, creases, and wrinkles temporarily for a radiant youthful appearance and a softer appearance of any texture under eyes.4
How to Hydrate Dry Skin Around Eyes
The skin barrier locks in hydration and offers defense against external aggressors. Therefore, a strong, resilient skin barrier is key to effective hydration. Ingredients in skincare, like hyaluronic acid and glycerin, are beneficial to the skin barrier as they offer hydration and help to lock in moisture. Known as a powerhouse ingredient in skincare, hyaluronic acid helps moisturize dry skin.5 Topical hyaluronic acid has been proven to provide both immediate and long-term improvement to the appearance of skin while also improving skin moisture content.6
Look for eye creams that are specifically formulated for the delicate skin around the eyes. Our Advanced Génifique Hydrating Eye Cream is a hydrating eye cream with hyaluronic acid that provides instant and long-lasting under eye hydration while aiding skin’s moisture barrier recovery*. It’s effective in soothing dry skin around eyes with research showing users found it left dry skin around the eye area softer to the touch, plumped with moisture, and visibly more radiant and smoother.**
Advanced Génifique Eye Light Pearl is a unique brightening eye serum for the under-eye area, which has been formulated to reduce the appearance of under eye wrinkles and eye puffiness while increasing under eye hydration for luminous, youthful-looking eyes. After usage, users report the product immediately hydrated the area around the eyes and made the area look softer†.
专家贴士: Apply hydration around the eye area with Advanced Génifique Eye Cream or Advanced Génifique Eye Light Pearl before concealer application to promote smooth-looking eye makeup on the skin.
For hydration plus anti-aging benefits, Rénergie H.C.F. Triple Serum Eye is an excellent choice. Our skincare scientists developed this formula to address the needs of aging eyes, including dry skin around eyes and wrinkles. It’s an anti-aging eye serum with three formulas in one, freshly mixed with each pump. It’s blend of hyaluronic acid known for its quick absorption to provide hydration and visible plumping of the skin, plus hyaluronic acid known to help smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. After 1 week of use, 4 out of 5 women agreed that the skin around the eye area looked firmer, smoother, and overall texture looked improved‡. And after just 4 weeks of use, they agreed their eyelid texture appeared smoother, and the skin around their eye area appeared more radiant‡.
*All results and benefits via testing conducted by Lancôme Laboratories.
**According to a consumer test on 67 women, aged from 20 to 40 years old, having all skin types, 49% sensitive skin. Women presenting with eye bags and users of eye make-up.
†Research Results:
- 94% 的女性认同眼周肌肤立即感到水润
- 92% 的女性认同眼周肌肤立即更加柔软
‡Based on self-assessment results in an 8-week consumer study with 84 women
1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4300604/
2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216996/
3 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dry-skin/symptoms-causes/syc-20353885
4 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/wrinkles/symptoms-causes/syc-20354927
5 https://health.clevelandclinic.org/hello-bright-eyes-how-to-pick-the-eye-cream-thats-right-for-you/
6 https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(16)00202-4/fulltext